Unraveling the Surprising Surge: Why Road Teams Are Dominating the NBA Second Round Like Never Before
It’s a make-or-miss league, after all.
Through the five second-round games, the road teams are shooting much better on 3-pointers than their opponents: 44.6% to the home teams’ 26.3%. The Nuggets are the only road team that didn’t outshoot its opposition on 3s, and we’ll have more to say about them in just a bit.
More Rest Equals More Rust
The NBA playoffs are grueling. Every year, we see teams lose games and series because their star players break down (for example, the Knicks lost players to injuries while dropping the 2024 Eastern Conference semifinals to the Pacers).
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